Climate averages 1991–2020
Agua Prieta weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Agua Prieta: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nogales (133 km away). In December its highs average 15.8°C, about as warm as Agua Prieta, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Agua Prieta ranks joint 150th of 153 for the warmest December highs and 123rd of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Agua Prieta is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Agua Prieta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 27 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 24 | 3.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 15 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 4.8 | 1.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 4.9 | 1.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 9.3 | 2.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 50 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 46 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 30 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 18 | 3.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 21 | 2.4 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 15.8°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 29 | 4.5 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Nogales in DecemberMexico · 133 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Tucson in DecemberUnited States · 165 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 31 mm rain
- San Tan Valley in DecemberUnited States · 279 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Las Cruces in DecemberUnited States · 283 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Hermosillo in DecemberMexico · 284 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 19 mm rain
- El Paso in DecemberUnited States · 294 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in DecemberMexico · 295 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Chandler in DecemberUnited States · 309 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 27 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Agua Prieta) is explained once on the Agua Prieta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.